Good evening,
I am emailing from England and seeking information about a former resident of Kimberley.
When researching my past via Ancestry recently I typed in the name and details of a former good friend who I had met whilst living in Vancouver in the early 1970’s but lost touch with in the 1980’s. His name was George Arnold Brendish. Amongst other references to him I was led to a site entitled Find A Grave where I saw a photo of his grave in Kimberley Cemetery What shocked me was the inscription which read:
An orphan boy A lonely man
He walked through life alone
Humanity did not stop to feel
the hollow in his heart.
I was shocked as this was not all the case as he had a sister, had lived in England where he married and had a child before going out to Canada.
The photo of his grave was posted on the Find A Grave site by a person named Ima BC Graver. I wonder if the Christian name was Ima and the person is a BC Graver. It sounds as though it was an organization which erected the headstone. His date of death is inscribed as 9 December 2007. He was 80
My email is a long shot as I am going back 15 years.
I would now like to reach out to see if there is anybody in the Kimberley area who knew of him or remembered him so that I could put the record straight.
Could your newspaper help me.?
If you think so, I am happy for you to forward this email to the appropriate person with whom I could liaise. I am happy to rewrite the information as a Letter to the Editor.
Thank you
Wendy Stock
sullomside@gmail.com